Morzine is a small market town located at the heart in the Haute Savoie department of France near the border with Switzerland. In contrast to many purpose-built French resorts, Morzine has developed organically from it’s origins as a slate mining town and therefore retains a lovely traditional feel and has many beautiful old chalets throughout the town.Although best-known in summer for it’s incredible biking terrain and it’s increasing popularity with road-bikers thanks to it being a Tour de France stage, Morzine is also an amazing place to visit in the summer for non-bikers. The town offers a vast range of other energetic activities such as infinite walking trails, white-water rafting, canyoning, paddle-boarding, kayaking, horse-riding, climbing, parapente, ice-skating and tennis to name a few. There is an Olympic-sized outdoor pool with a flume and walk-in pool for young kids and a recently-built indoor swimming pool complex. It even has a cinema which shows films in English throughout the summer season.Morzine centre is really attractive and has a large selection of bars and restaurants that you may wish to visit for lunch or dinner and plenty of shops selling sports clothing and accessories and a range of other shops selling local and French specialities such as cheese, wine and saussison! The tourist office organises events throughout the summer season and bands such as Status Quo and Simple Minds have performed at free open-air concerts here in recent years - ask us for more details! Visit www.morzine.com

Avoriaz

Avoriaz is a purpose-built resort which was developed in the 1960s as a way of linking the Swiss resorts of Morgins, Champoussin, Les Crosets and Champery with those on the French side of the border such as Morzine, Les Gets and Chatel. It is architecturally intersting as the wooden building were designed to blend in with the rocks when viewed from the valley below. Today it ranks as one of the top ski resorts in France and is one of the top snowboarding destinations in the world!Avoriaz has an indoor water-park, Aquariaz with a variety of slides, children’s play area, lazy river, hot tub and even a small climbing wall over the pool!Our chalets are only minutes from the Prodains express lift which takes you directly up to Avoriaz town, allowing you to reach the highest altitudes very quickly. Avoriaz also has a healthy number of bars and restaurants to explore. Visit www.avoriaz.comLes GetsAround 5 minutes from Morzine, Les Gets is a smaller but very picturesque Savoyarde village. It has a golf course, lovely man-made swimming lake and an adventure park. It’s also got a pretty centre with shops and a market held once a week and even a museum of Mechanical Music!

The Portes du Soleil offers an incredible biking and walking area during the summer season, with 21 lifts open giving access to 12 connected resorts across France and Switzerland (including 50 downhill biking slopes!) and numerous mountain resturants! Morzine is at the centre of the Portes du Soleil meaning it’s the best access point to this incredible summer playground. Most of the resorts, including Mrzine, have grown around traditional valley villages - only Avoriaz and the very small Les Crosets and Torgon were purposely built during the mid-1960s which means that they are beautiful all-year and a great place to hang-out in the summer months!

17th-18th June 2017 - Morzine - 18th Paris-Nice CycloMorzine will be a middle stage of this event which in total covers 1600km with 20,000m of climbing!18th June 2017 - Morzine-Haut-Chablais Cyclo-Sportive2 races of 155km and 100km over the Joux Verte, Corbier, Grand Taillet, Jambaz and the famous Joux Plane cols to finish. this is a chance to climb renowned mountain cols which have featured many times in major cycle races (including the Tour de France1). Both races leave from Morzine, this year the finish is in St Jean d'Aulps.The main race features a near 4 000 m climb!23rd-25th June 2017 - Pass’portes du SoleilThis is a major MTB event taking place in the Portes du Soleil resorts spanning France and Switzerland. With 80 km of traced routes and lots of pit-stops serving up local specialties. This year's bike show will be held in Les Gets with more than 200 international brands and free bike tests. 1st-2nd July 2017 - Spartan RaceMorzine hosts the second edition of the Summer weekend Spartan Race. The world-leader of obstacle courses is in town for a weekend of 100% commitment and the chance to push yourself to the limit!!13th-16th July 2017 - Morzine Harley Days FestivalThis is a major HOG (Harley Owners Group) France event with hundreds of bikers attending from across Europe and loads going on including plenty of live music!5th August 2017 - Les Feux de Lac - Lake MontriondEach year on the first weekend of August a big festival is organised at Lake Montriond with music, delicious food, drinks and amazing fireworks. The Lac du Montriond is situated in a picturesque steep sided valley, ten minutes drive out of Morzine and it is this spectacular backdrop that makes this event so special. People arrive in the late afternoon and relax by the lake or BBQ whilst waiting for the sun to go down.12th August 2017 - Les Hauts Forts Trail RaceThis trail race from Morzine to Avoriaz offers the most beautiful views of the Portes du Soleil while you race around the Hauts-Forts, the highest summit in the Chablais and the Portes du Soleil. Starting in Morzine, the 2 races finish in Avoriaz at 1800 metres.12th-18th August 2017 - Morzine Loves Children FestivalEvery day, in the heart of Morzine, free entertainment and shows will be on offer (street shows, workshops, games, snacks etc..)26th-27th August 2017 - Les Alps Haute Route MorzineThe Haute Route is the first global series of multi-day cycling events for amateurs. Whether it’s in Colorado’s Rockies, the French Alps, Pyrenees or Italian Dolomites, these are the highest, toughest and most prestigious amateur races in the world.

The resort

Day trips

Morzine is in a brilliant location as you are based in the stunning mountains, but within 30 minutes can be chilling out by Lake Geneva (or Lac Leman as it’s known in France) which feels like a day-out at the seaside! We are also within easy reach of several attractive towns such as:Annecy: One of the most beautiful towns in France, Annecy is well-worth a visit. Situated on the tip of Lac Annecy, the old town is simply stunning with a network of waterways running through it and attractive old building habouring a range of bars, restaurants and gift shops. Annecy is a good place for clothes shopping too and many of the large French clothing chains have a presence here.Chamonix: This world-famous mountain resort is a very popular summer destination. The town itself is lovely, but the main attraction is its’ proximity to Mont Blanc (Europe’s highest mountain at 4809m) and the ever-present glaciers snaking their way down the mountains and which can be accessed either by it’s rack and pinon railway (up to it’s ice-caves which are carved out differently each year) or by the Aiguelle du Midi cable car which takes you up to 3842m with spectacular views!Geneva: A beautiful city on the shores of Lake Geneva it’s a lovely place to wander around on a nice day. You can take boat trips on the lake and there are plenty of shops and restaurants to enjoy.Montreux: Famous for it’s yearly Jazz Festival Montreux is an attractive town at the far end of Lake Geneva.Thonon-les-Bains:Situated only 30 minutes drive away on the shores of Lake Geneva, Thonon is the closest “proper” town to Morzine. It has a beautiful marina (a fab spot for a lazy lunch!) and lovely outdoor swimming pool complex (Thonon Plage) and several lake-side grass/pebble swimming beaches nearby.Yvoire: This medieval village on the banks of Lac Leman is a great place for a lazy lunch and an amazing home-made ice-cream. It’s near a sandy swimming beach as well so makes a great day-trip out!